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Idolatry really bothers God a lot.

It's the first of the ten Commandments.

Pastor Greg Laurie reminds us today that God doesn't want us to worship any other gods.

It couldn't be more clear.

God cares about being number one.

And he will not share his glory with another.

He expects our faithfulness to him.

He is faithful certainly to us.

And he says, I don't want you to have any other gods before me.

This is the day when the last I found.

This is the day for a moment again.

Amazing grace, God, we can still.

But can you get away at your sleep?

This is the day the day we live.

When you boil it all down, the preeminent reason God created man.

This one man might have fellowship with God.

We were created to worship God.

Now if we worship another God, money, our jobs, our hobbies, another person,

our lives become the antithesis of what we were created for.

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